Will a micro sd card work as a general external storage drive in the Fire TV box. I have lots of movies and mp3's which I plan to transfer to the card. Could I use VLC or similar media player to play these over kodi on the box. I know there is a limit of 128Gb card size but are there any other formatting issues or restrictions? Is it just a case of copying the files to the card on my pc and inserting it into the box. Thanks
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How to partially or entirely move Kodi data to external USB or MicroSD storage
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Once moved you can store all your Kodi library there.
Thanks Bevnrick, but this guide refers to moving kodi files and apps from the Fire TV box to micro sd. I'm just looking to play existing media files (mkv, mp4, etc) stored on the micro sd using Plex, VLC, etc whilst it's inserted in the micro sd slot of the Fire TV box.
If it's possible are the any limitations of file type/size or any lagging issues? Which app is best for this? Thanks
Steham said:
Thanks Bevnrick, but this guide refers to moving kodi files and apps from the Fire TV box to micro sd. I'm just looking to play existing media files (mkv, mp4, etc) stored on the micro sd using Plex, VLC, etc whilst it's inserted in the micro sd slot of the Fire TV box.
If it's possible are the any limitations of file type/size or any lagging issues? Which app is best for this? Thanks
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You can use VLC for Android, but I prefer to just use Kodi to view the files, VLC is good but I find Kodi has a better visual experience & doesn't interfere with other apps like VLC does with Mouse Toggle for Fire Tv (if you use it?). You may just need to find (browse) the files & if you want you can add them to a shortcut to your Kodi main screen.
Hope this helps
the MicroSD in the Fire TV 2 only accepts Fat32 format, so maximum file size you can have is a 4GB. Might be a work around for this, I don't own the 2nt gen Fire TV so i don't pay much attention to what people do for it.
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Hello, I thought about buying an amazon fire tv and installing xbmc on it. my interent connection is just too slow for plex, netflixh or every other streaming options.
So, If i would install xbmc, could i play mkv 720p files with it?
Im only looking for a streamer that can play this type of files, I've also considered the WD TV Live but the amzon fire tv have better processor, and i doesn't know if it's pay off
Thanks for the future helpers
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Hello, I thought about buying an amazon fire tv and installing xbmc on it. my interent connection is just too slow for plex, netflixh or every other streaming options.
So, If i would install xbmc, could i play mkv 720p files with it?
Im only looking for a streamer that can play this type of files, I've also considered the WD TV Live but the amzon fire tv have better processor, and i doesn't know if it's pay off
Thanks for the future helpers
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To be honest if your not gonna stream then it's best to get wd live hub with 1tb hard drive in it. I have all my 1080p mkv movies in them and it works great. I also have the amazon fire also but my downloaded movies I keep on the wd.
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Hello, I thought about buying an amazon fire tv and installing xbmc on it. my interent connection is just too slow for plex, netflixh or every other streaming options.
So, If i would install xbmc, could i play mkv 720p files with it?
Im only looking for a streamer that can play this type of files, I've also considered the WD TV Live but the amzon fire tv have better processor, and i doesn't know if it's pay off
Thanks for the future helpers
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The Fire TV does not support playing files from a connected hard drive. Not through any apps, including XBMC. The only way to get the content on your hard drive to play on the Fire TV is to connect the hard drive to a PC and make the files available over the network through a sharing protocol like SMB. Then XBMC will see the files shared on the network and play them.
I have one of the new fire tv sticks and it works great. I've added ES Explorer and kodi and am exploring the stick's capabilities but - with memory as inexpensive as it is - limiting anything to just 8GB seems ridiculous. So, is there any way to expand the Fstick2 memory? I don't see a usb socket.
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I have one of the new fire tv sticks and it works great. I've added ES Explorer and kodi and am exploring the stick's capabilities but - with memory as inexpensive as it is - limiting anything to just 8GB seems ridiculous. So, is there any way to expand the Fstick2 memory? I don't see a usb socket.
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http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...d-ethernet-adapters-via-usb-otg-without-root/
Have a look at this.
Wow! Thank you!
My title pretty much says it all but like if I use a external HD will it act ad more space or just extra space to put things on
Just plugging in the hard drive will mount it and allow for you to store files on it like a regular flash drive, and you can use it for multimedia, storing your video, music, and photos on it, then viewing them with Kodi, or your multimeda app of choice. Basically anything that isn't an app can be stored on it and loaded from it with the corresponding app. Fopr example, I use an app called Joiplay to play RPG Maker and Ren'py games, as well as Retroarch for emulators. I store all my game files on a regular flash drive.
You will not be able to use it as extra storage space for intalling apps and app data however, without the use of an app or Xposed/Magisk module.
Personally, I use Apps2sd Pro to "link" (or move, to put it simply) apps to a 20gb EXT4 partition on my 32gb microSD card that is in my Fire TV 2, it's the easiest method that I was able to figure out how to use, but there are other ways.
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Is there any way to be able to store (legal) Amazon Music or video on the device (or sd or USB Stcik attached) like you can do with the the "normal" Amazon apps on an Android phone?
The Apps for Music & Video on the Stick obviously do not allow to buffer / store contents offline.
So can one patch them or use APK versions from "normal" Android devices? (Tried with APK from my phone and from my Fire HD, but APK did not install or ran but said it could not connect).
Thanks for any hint!
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I have a Firestick 4k and want to move some of my apps to an external USB, I have tried to use ES but the apps do not show up to cut and paste. Why???
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I have a Firestick 4k and want to move some of my apps to an external USB, I have tried to use ES but the apps do not show up to cut and paste. Why???
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Follow this tutorial:
How to Expand Internal Storage on Firestick & Fire TV Cube (2022)
This in-depth guide shows how to Expand Internal Storage on the Firestick and Fire TV Cube, The biggest complaint regarding the Amazon Fire TV Stick is
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